4-2 Directions 1

So? What brings you here, anyway?

If you've got a complaint about the 13 Court Guard Squads, do me a favor and go through the Gold Seal Nobles Congress or the Central 46.

Ah, it's a very simple request. I want you to contact someone.

The Kuchikis are simple, but it seems impossible to get a hold of Yoruichi Shihoin through the nobility's communication channels. Even the Gold Seal Nobles Congress has no idea where to find her.

But I expect you at least know how to get a hold of that shrew, don't you?

She already gave up the position as the head of the family to her little brother... What are you plotting?

Nothing! I simply want to make a honest proposition to her.

To bring harmony to the Soul Society. No, to all the worlds, the world of the living and Hueco Mundo, as well.

Really, that's all you came here for?

Well, to see your face, too. It's lost the youthful smoothness from your days back in the Academy.

Seeing that face has made my old loathing for it bubble to the surface.

Which reminds me, Jushiro bit the dust, didn't he?

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A noble among the peasants, he was. Always concerned with the welfare of the Rukon District. He didn't deserve the honor of housing the right hand of the Soul King in that unclean body of his.

Kugo Ginjo... That name ring any bells?

Yes, he was the first Substitute Soul Reaper, wasn't he? A mad cur who betrayed the Soul Society, if I remember rightly.

Well, thanks to the precedent he set, we ended up with the hero named Ichigo Kurosaki. Even Jushiro would agree we came out ahead.

Why do you ask me about him?

Just confirming a hunch.

Also, you have no idea how valuable Jushiro's sacrifice was.

Nothing in this world has any value at all, especially the Soul Society. Everything here is a lie.